Ancient Carved Stone Wash Basin Hundred's of Years Old

Although this may look like a holy water font from an ancient Italian church, we believe it’s probably a marble wash basin, or sink based on the fact that it has an old drain hole. You can clearly see that the marble sink was mounted into a wall and it could be Roman, Turkish or even Middle Eastern. Sinks or wash basins are thought to have started in Ancient Roman bathhouses. Romans actually had warm water in bowls around the bathhouse in order to wash one’s face and hands. During the 1500’s, the wealthy would have wood washstands...

Crinoids, commonly known as sea lilies and are members of the Echinodermata phylum along with starfish and sea urchins. This particular Crinoid plate fossil i...

Ancient Roman Carnelian Intaglio. An intaglio is defined as a small Gemstone, generally semi-precious, that has been carved with images or inscriptions only on the face. This style of carving is the opposite of the cameo technique. The engraving of gemstones was a major luxury art form in the ancient world and an important one in some later periods. This particular Intaglio is Carnelian and dates from the second century AD and shows the head of a figure in profile. It is in very nice original condition and would be ideal for making into a ring. The word Intaglio comes from the Italian word intagliare, meaning “to engrave” or “cut into.” Intaglio describes the process in which an image is engraved into a stone, creating an image in the negative. When a stone carved in this way is pressed into hot wax...

Exquisite and rare Antique Italian Hand-Carved Marble Fountain with a Classic Quatrefoil Basin and Fish Spout, that was removed from a Chicago mansion. The quatrefoil design dates back to 850BC and means four leaves and is a symbol for good luck. We have been told by the previous owner that the home where the antique Italian marble fountain resided, was built in the early 1900’s and that seems to mesh well with our thoughts of the Antique Italian Marble Fountains age. Certainly, any Antique Italian Marble Fountain that’s been subjected to over 100-Chicago Winters...

The French firm, Tolix was the originator of the steel stacking chair in the 1920’s, from Xavier Pauchard’ s original design. Later, Tolix would expand into the steel stacking stools you see in our listing on 1stdibs. We stock the steel Tolix...

Authentic European Tolix chairs with their original gold TOLIX labels. We have over (1500) Tolix chairs, stools and tables in stock, new and vintage Tolix. This set of (4) are near-m...

Exceptional fossil stone trough carved from ancient limestone. Primitive, rough hewn, freeform shaped basin with nicely aged lichen patina. Origin, I...

Classical Italian sink basin cut from one single block of white marble with serpentine shaped front and gadrooned carving, these Greek/Roman designs quite happily suit either old or ...

This timeless beautiful Italian classical sink is cut from one single block of white marble, these designs have not changed since Greek and Roman times, it carries superb artistic me...

Modern Raw Quartz Carved Natural Stone Vessel Sink Basin Bowl 4.75 h x 16 d x 19 w Fabulous coloring Provides superb artistic merit. Refer to all im...

This timeless Italian classical sink is cut from one single block of white marble, these designs have not changed since Greek and Roman times, it carries superb artistic merit easily...

This period Italian classical sink is cut from one single block of white marble, these designs have not changed since Greek and Roman times, it carries superb artistic merit easily f...